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It was a sense of relief when the helicopter came down and took us away. >> its not just california. fires are ripping through parts of oregon, washington state and utah. much of the northwest on fire right now. jacob ward is in phoenix, oregon, where the governor there is calling the fires there a once-in-a-generation event. steve patterson is in irwindale, california near the bobcat fire threatening the angeles national forest. jacob, where you are, it looks like the flames have completely sco...

Fire. these are wildfire conditions hitting an urban environment. rather than having a single fire that spreads from a single source, you get these spot fires all over the place. that means that places just got unlucky. not only is this entire shopping complex behind me destroyed, on the other side of this fence is a mobile home park, 131 sites all destroyed, all gone. to see this kind of devastation and go a block away and everything is fine for a block, then another block is destroyed. its the...

Sweep in and blow up some of these majors fires are already spreading so fast. 2.3 million acres have burned in the state so far thats a state record. were not to the worst part of the season which is usually ushered in by the santa ana winds. were starting to see the same sort of patterns in the earlier season u more winds, across the entire western region, there are about 39 million people under red flag warnings. we got my colleague in phoenix, oregon, jacob ward >> reporter: steve, youre abs...

This is the beginning of the firefighting season. this area, the foothills of southern california and this fire where it is is prime that if these winds do come in, this thing is like a time bomb and it will set off over these communities. you have multiple communities with evacuation warnings. others in order. theyve clustered these warnings because theyre so scared about the winds coming. its cool. the winds have died down, but everybody knows that covers these fires is with santa ana winds, t...

Wildfire season usually peaks in october. >> just keep going. >> the fires have been mainly fueled by lightning strikes. in previous years downed power lines. you can add at least one oddity to the mix. a pyrotechnic device from a gender reveal party. the unfortunate stunts east of los angeles forcing evacuations and charring more than 10,000 acres. >> after the fire began. the family attempted suppression on their own, they tried to use water bottles which in four foot high grass youre never go...

>> in 2016 it didnt help her. the conversation they had seemed really forward and didnt talk about solutions, donald trump talked about what hes going to do and how to address issues, democrat party doesnt have a platform. they will pull obama all the way through i think to the end but i dont think it will help them. todd: former president obama and michelle obama will appear during the dnc to show support for joe biden. jillian: a fox news alert, the worst fire season in california history beco...

We are committed and resolve not only to deal with the situation but to sustainably address these issues. >> a record 2.3 million acres have burned in california so far this year compared to 118,000 this time last year. 100,000 are without power. in oregon governor kate brown calling wildfires there a once in a generation event. >> this is proving to be an unprecedented and significant fire event for our state and for the entire west coast. we know our losses are going to be great but we know th...

Todd: it is wednesday september 9th, firefighters hurt, several in grave danger as californias historic wildfire outbreak crosses state lines, live on the west coast with the once in a generation emergency. jillian: unrest takes a toll in rochester, the citys top cop retiring taking his entire command staff with him. what now for public safety? todd: donald trump slamming joe biden over lawlessness. >> these mobs all over the place, biden people, we are not going to let it happen. if biden wins ...

Authorities to threatedn to push back another boat with nearly 100 rohingya people in june, who were also rescued by locals. both boats may be part of a group of 800 rohingya, who left southern bangladesh earlier this year. around a million muslim rohingya have fled persecution in myanmar into neighbouring bangladesh. but the refugee camps there are overcrowded and squalid, and human traffickers make a lot of money by promising people sanctuary abroad. conditions aboard these boats can be deadly...

Brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today for whats likely to be a tense round of trade talks — after revelations that britain is planning to row back on commitments its already made. strong winds and extreme heat are hampering efforts to contain more than 20 wildfires in california. forecasters are warning that conditions could deteriorate further with more powerful hot winds expected. music festivals, concert venues and theatres face financial ruin if current social distancing measure...